Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-05
SEATTLE, ". T.. SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH !. 1887

amendments for mail steamer service
10 Sauth America. Agreed 10.
The De6cienry biil being again taken
up. an item (on motion Of Dawesl was
Inserted 10 pay 10 the ChoctAw Indians
- SOS. 600. tbe amount Of the Judgment
Of the supreme Court ct the OcfobeE
tern Of 1886
Morgan moved 10 insert Q provision
for ffty copyisfa Tor the Pension 0fsse
and made an affecting appeal on behalf
Of the many respectable, educated but
poor women Who are seeking Govern
meat employ1eut in Washin1ton
but cannot Get Il under the civil serviee
rules. After discussion the motion was
laid on the table. yeas q. nays Is.
Finally ct $40 o'clock the hsil waE
passed and q message to that effecf was
sent 10 the House.
On demand Of Mcpherson the yeas
and nays were taken on one Of the Pa.
cifia railroad suendmeDts, and il waa
agreed to, yeas q. nays II.
The yeas and nays were also taken on
tue amendment for the French spoilia.
ton clsims. and Il vas agreed 70. yeas
"a, maya II
Allis1n presented q conferences rsoorl
on theLsegislative, Executive aRdJ udicial
bill. an agreement being reached on
all points except the one as ta clerks
for the Senators. He moved that the
Senasa insist. So ordered.
Other House hills Of minor import.
snes were then taken from the calendar
and passed.
The Senate ct s 3. m, went into sscrel
session
Tue doors we're reopened at 10 q. m,
taken two hours recess.
TIE first business done vas The pre-
sentation. BY Plumb. Of the conferences
report on the District Of Columbia Ap-
priation bill. The report vas read and
agreed 10.
The psxt business vas the pFessnta-
ton. BY Dawes. OF the conference report
on the Fertilization bill. II was that
the conferrees had not been able 10
agree. Dawes said that Il was With in
finite regret that the Senate confeKrees
were Obliged 10 make this report. They
had conceded very much In order to
reach q conclusion and 10 save the e.
sencs Of the measure needed 10 protect
oar coast Notifications. The plan which
they had submitted to the committee
was expressed in the form Of q bill
which be would haye printed In the
Record, and along With Il be would have
priBted the plan submitted at the last
Uouent by the House c0nferraes. The
country would sdiudRe between these
propositions and decide where the blame
lay for the failure bv this Congress to
do anything towards the Inauguration
Of some efficient system cf f1rttfiea-
tions. The iTreooncilahle difference
between the Senate maRazers and the
House managers was on the question OF
purchasing steel fer the purpose Of max
steal gans Of the highest type.
Hsvley, another Of the couferrees.
said he desired 10 emphasize this most
extraordinary condition Of affairs.
There was no foFtifcation bill for the
current year nor fer next year. SO far
as concerned the armv, coast defeusea
and heavy guns nothing whatever had
been done. There was no money 20 cut
the grass aIong the elscis OF the forts
or to buy shingles or sails for the sheds
and dwellings at the forts. All the
properties At those foF;s were left TO
raak and ruin for the coming two years
ne BIuUlo bt4toB1cuA ~ NaHA AN1t NNa
mest extFaardinary. He had no doubt
whatever that IL the whole subject could
have been left to the full and free de-
Iteration Of Congress something would
been done which would have been 9
credit 10 the country. So far aa the
Senate was sconceFued, the Senate Record
would show that the debates and votes
on both sidss Of the chamber bad been
fullv up to the popular demands.
Just before adjournment the District
OF Columbia Appropriation bill was
passed and sent TO the President for his
signature, but the conference report
on the Deficiency bill vas too lats 10 be
reported. and died.
A resolution Of thanks to the presiding
of1ioer was adopted. and after q report
bad been received from the President
stating that be had no further eommun-
icatious tn present. the Senate was de-
clared adjourned.